Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel yells to players on the floor as the Indiana Pacers lost to the Toronto Raptors 74-72 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Tuesday November 13, 2012. Joe Vitti / The Star

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Coach Frank Vogel gave his Indiana Pacers a quick math lesson before heading west for tonight's first of four road games.

"I encouraged our guys to keep any frustrations in perspective and understand we play 41 at home and 41 on the road," Vogel said Monday after practice. "We're weathering the storm of an early tough part of our schedule."

The Pacers will have played 12 of their first 18 games on the road by the time they've visited the Los Angeles Lakers (Tuesday), Sacramento (Friday), Golden State (Saturday) and Chicago (Dec. 4). ...